Also called: Tea Sommelier
Tastes teas and blends them into consistent flavors for tea companies.
Tea tasters slurp hundreds of samples a week, judge leaves by look and smell, and blend batches so a brand's tea tastes the same every year.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. On-the-job training at tea companies; tea sommelier certifications.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Tasting hundreds of samples and blending for consistency relies on the human palate; AI barely touches it.
Classes: Chemistry, Culinary arts, Geography, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-3099.
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